Last weekend the road leading to Mjóifjörður fjord and its village in East Iceland was at last cleared of snow. Only 35 people live in the tiny village and it’s sometimes said that the first sign of spring for them is the snowblower from The Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration (IRCA).
The steep gravel mountain road is closed for up to nine months every year and connections between the few locals and the outside world is almost only by boat throughout the winter.
Enormous amounts of snow blocked the road. When the snowblower has burst through, snow walls up to four metres (13 f) line part of the road and will probably not disappear until late June.
The photos were taken last Saturday, 14 May, by Kristín Hávarðsdóttir. She is the wife of the snowblower's operator. According to Kristín her husband had to clear some parts of the road by memory, as there is no GPS or cellphone reception in the area!
Kristín shared the photos on the Facebook page Iceland is the photographer’s paradise
Last weekend the road leading to Mjóifjörður fjord and its village in East Iceland was at last cleared of snow. Only 35 people live in the tiny village and it’s sometimes said that the first sign of spring for them is the snowblower from The Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration (IRCA).
The steep gravel mountain road is closed for up to nine months every year and connections between the few locals and the outside world is almost only by boat throughout the winter.
Enormous amounts of snow blocked the road. When the snowblower has burst through, snow walls up to four metres (13 f) line part of the road and will probably not disappear until late June.
The photos were taken last Saturday, 14 May, by Kristín Hávarðsdóttir. She is the wife of the snowblower's operator. According to Kristín her husband had to clear some parts of the road by memory, as there is no GPS or cellphone reception in the area!
Kristín shared the photos on the Facebook page Iceland is the photographer’s paradise
